The natural history of congenital scoliosis and kyphosis.

Spine (Phila Pa 1976)

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Northfield, Birmingham, England.

Published: August 2009

Study Design: Review article.

Objective: To discuss natural history of congenital scoliosis and kyphosis.

Summary Of Background Data: Review of previously published literature on natural history of congenital spine deformities.

Methods: Medline and google search for congenital scoliosis, kyphosis, and kyphoscoliosis, congenital spine anomalies, deformities, and pathologies, and congenital vertebral anomalies, deformities, and pathologies was performed.

Results: Congenital vertebral anomalies have potential to progress and careful assessment and monitoring is essential and early intervention may be desirable.

Conclusion: Congenital vertebral anomalies invariably result from disturbed asymmetric growth and can have serious consequences.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181af1cafDOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

natural history
12
history congenital
12
congenital scoliosis
12
congenital vertebral
12
vertebral anomalies
12
congenital
8
scoliosis kyphosis
8
congenital spine
8
anomalies deformities
8
deformities pathologies
8

Similar Publications

Importance: Patients with transthyretin (ATTR) cardiac amyloid infiltration are increasingly diagnosed at earlier disease stages with no heart failure (HF) symptoms and a wide range of cardiac amyloid infiltration.

Objective: To characterize the clinical phenotype and natural history of asymptomatic patients with ATTR cardiac amyloid infiltration.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This cohort study analyzed data of all patients at 12 international centers for amyloidosis from January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2023.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background And Aims: Sexual trauma is associated with multiple negative health and social conditions, including compulsive sexual behavior. The present study examined network structures involving sexual trauma history, psychological distress (defined as depression and/or anxiety symptoms), substance use, transactional sex, and compulsive sexual behavior. Prior network analysis work in this area is limited.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Primary Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy (PHOAR1) is characterized by autosomal recessive loss of function variants in 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (HPGD) leading to digital clubbing, periostosis, pachydermia, and severe hyperhidrosis. HPGD catalyzes the first step of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) degradation. Selective COX-2 inhibitors have proved beneficial in adults, though it is unknown if early initiation of COX-2 inhibitors can alter the natural history of PHOAR1.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Despite fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided deferral of revascularization, recurrent events in patients with diabetes or after myocardial infarction remain common. This study aimed to assess the association between FFR-negative but high-risk nonculprit lesions and clinical outcomes.

Methods: This is a patient-level pooled analysis of the prospective natural-history COMBINE (OCT-FFR) study (Optical Coherence Tomography Morphologic and Fractional Flow Reserve Assessment in Diabetes Mellitus Patients) and PECTUS-obs study (Identification of Risk Factors for Acute Coronary Events by OCT After STEMI and NSTEMI Patients With Residual Non- Flow Limiting Lesions).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Phylogenomics and a new classification of the tropical genus L. (Monocots, Zingiberales, Heliconiaceae).

PhytoKeys

January 2025

Science & Conservation Division, Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis United States of America.

Members of the genus L. (Heliconiaceae) have evolved complex interactions with both insect herbivores and hummingbird pollinators in tropical forests and secondary growth where they are abundant and diverse. Many of these same species have also been cultivated as ornamentals around the world for hundreds of years because of their extraordinary colors and forms.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!